“We will not read of that which hurts our pride or fears or 'feelings'. We forget, or gloss over, or excuse, an experience which injured the tentacles of our personality. We forget the pscyhiatrist's definition of a neurosis as 'refused pain'. In the same way we escape from mental pain. We refuse to believe what we do not like.”
― The Buddhist way of life
― The Buddhist way of life
“I'm one of those people who doesn't really know what he thinks until he writes it down.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“How different would people act if they couldn't show off on social media? Would they still do it?”
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“Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread.”
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
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